The origin of the name Eliam is Hebrew
This is how Eliam is written in Hebrew:
אֱלִיעָם= ‘Eliy`am
The biblical meaning of the name Eliam is:
“the people of God “
In The Bible:
Eliam was:
1. The Father of Bath‐sheba, the wife of David
2. One of David’s “thirty” warriors
The name Eliam appears in the (KJV) bible in the following verses:
2 Samuel 11:3
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of אֱלִיעָם (Eliam),the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
2 Samuel 23:34
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, אֱלִיעָם (Eliam) the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,